Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

holy dwelling place. He saw the second coming of Christ in glory,
the righteous dead raised to immortal life, and the living saints
translated without seeing death and together going up to the City of
God with songs of gladness.
Still another scene opens to his view--the earth freed from the
curse, lovelier than the fair Land of Promise so recently spread out
before him. No sin is there, and death cannot enter. With
unspeakable joy, Moses looks on the scene, a more glorious
deliverance than his brightest hopes have ever pictured. With their
earthly wanderings forever past, the Israel of God have at last
entered the beautiful land.
Again the vision faded, and his eyes rested on the land of
Canaan in the distance. Then, like a tired warrior, he lay down to
rest. "So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of
Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And He buried him in a
valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor; but no one knows
his grave." If they had known the place of his burial, many would
have been in danger of committing idolatry over his dead body. For
this reason the site was kept secret. Angels of God buried the body
of His faithful servant and watched over the lonely grave.
But he was not to remain in the tomb for very long. Christ
Himself, with the angels who had buried Moses, came down from
heaven to call the sleeping saint out of his grave. Satan had rejoiced
at his success in causing Moses to sin and thus come under the
dominion of death. The great adversary declared that the divine
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